Old Virginia Regiment in World War I Era Valor and History
Walter Anderson, corps member, recounts the Second Virginia Regiment’s storied lineage from Valley Forge and Yorktown to World War I era, detailing its roots, key leaders, and notable battles. The piece links the unit to ongoing American ideals of liberty and democracy and traces continuities from early militia to the new infantry organization in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Second
Virginia & Regiment
Woodstock
Wre Ben Bs
Bittle
Woodbeek
Washington
Valley Poree
Yorktown
Wes S
Cure
General A
Nathaniel
Fien
Walter
Anderson
Corps
126Th Infantry Tin Trench
Transfers to Signals and Ordnance Units From Division
Reads list of soldiers and enlisted men reassigned to the signal corps, medical, and ordinance branches, with destinations including Jersey City and Birmingham Alabama, and notes special orders about custody and special duties. Names include J P Lounds berry, Gerett B Pention, A P Kirk, Hi F Short, W L Earle, G J Thine, H L Afrien, C O Albertson, N Beebe, and others with units 114th to 164th infantry and engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps
Jersey City
J. P. Loundsberry
114Th Infantry
Gerett B. Pention
A. P. Kirk
126Th Infantry
Hi. F. Short
W. L. Earle
1Psth Infantry
G.J. Thiine
115Th Infantry
H. L. Afrien
118Th Infantry
C. O. Albertson
164Th Engineers
N. Beebe
104Th
Clarence Hogan
113Th Infantry
Eltis P. Lancaster
116Th Infantry
Dennis W. Hartz
Frank Warren
William 5. Dorsey
J. E. Dunn
J. C. O'Keefe
Birmingham
Ala
George E. Morrison
Machine Gur
Morris Hoellmilier
Benjamin Ableman
Medical Department
Veterinary Corps
Enlisted Ordnance Corps
National Army
War Department
Ordnaance
112Th
H. PF. A
R. L. Dick
G. S. Reid
1112Th
HM. F. A
M. J. Herman
Joseph E. Small
L. Arnheim
C. H
Promotions and transfers in 111th Field Artillery units
The list details privates and corporals from the enlisted ordnance corps connected to the 111th Field Artillery and 104th Engineers. It notes promotions to sergeant and corporal and transfers to batteries B D F and others, with several personnel moving between units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
112Th H. F. A
Enlisted Ordnance Corps
111Th Field Artillery
Robert E. Dooley
111Th F. A
Robert C. Ropass
Ordnance Corps
Emory A. Evans
Enlisted Ordinance Corps
Harry W.myers
Allen M. Allmond
Henry G. Franklin
Robert L. Shelton
111Th I. A
Food Conservation Campaign Urged at Camp McClellan
Camp McClellan unit commanders are urged to begin a voluntary food conservation drive focusing on sugar and lard usage. The War Department notes several camps nationwide have already started campaigns, yielding meaningful conservation without altering army rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McClellan
War Department
Cavalry Dismounted Training Becomes Infantry Unit
The famed Essex troop, long a cavalry unit, has been transformed into an infantry company at Camp McClellan. Members now wear a blue hat cord instead of the traditional yellow, and although displeased, they carry out infantry duties without murmuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Cavary
Jersey
Camp McClelan
Base Hospital at Camp McClellan Described for Recruits
The article outlines the Base Hospital system at Camp McClellan, detailing ward life, patient treatment, and amenities. It describes the infirmary to ward transfers, nurse care, YMCA support, evening entertainments, and the hospital’s permanent, well-equipped facilities. It notes 32 wards of 34 beds, four isolation wards, a 40-strong medical staff, and only five deaths in three months with an average 6000 men treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McClellan
Bill Smith
Bill
Uncle Sam
Bil
Mmi
Hk Tal
Anniston
Jacksonville
Gus
McClellan
United States
Aviation corps commissions exam board named at Camp McClellan
A Camp McClellan board led by Major Robert Sutton divisional signal officer and First Lieutenant Adlaide Callahan medical reserve officer has been appointed to examine applicants for commissions in the aviation section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McClellan
Robert ©. Sutton
Adlaide E. Callahan
Water Supply Enlistments Authorized for Army Units
Telegram from local recruiting station announces acceptances for water supply company 26th engineers National Army to Camp Dix New Jersey and provisional railway reinforcement regiment engineers to Camp Grant Illinois. Eligible applicants with railway construction operation maintenance shop and transport qualifications may enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apnly Company
26Th Engineers
National Army
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Engineers
Camp Grant
Assist Ant Inspector Tapped by Special Orders
Assistant Inspector Major Harvey L. Jones is detailed to aid the camp inspector and has filed his report as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey L. Jones
Littrell Temporarily Editing Camp Paper Confined by Illness
W. B. Littrell, temporary editor of Trench and Camp at Camp McClellan, is confined at the base hospital with a slight illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Littell
Trench and Camp
Camp McClellan
Dare Devil Spirit of Old Fourth Alabama Shown in Present Men
Washington reports the spirit of the Fourth Alabama regiment, famed as the Fighting eagles, lives on in current troops. A captain recounts Alabama soldiers aboard a transport entering submarine waters, refusing cigarettes and keeping morale high as they fired upon enemy targets and sang songs, earning praise as true American soldiers.
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Old Fourth Alabama
Washington
Alabama
Rainbow Division
Iit
Ohio Governor Cox to Visit Camp Sheridan for Christmas
Governor James M. Cox and his Ohio party will arrive Sunday at Camp Sheridan Alabama to spend Christmas with the Ohio division. He will attend the division’s Christmas events and may address the public. gifts collected in Ohio will be distributed to soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriden
Montgomery
Ala
James M. Cox
Ohio
Ohbio
Camp Sheridan
Henderson
Cox
Graham in Atlanta for YMCA camp secretaries conference
W. S. Graham, camp secretary, has spent several days in Atlanta this week attending a conference of camp secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Atlanta
Enlistment Rules for United States Guards Issued
Rules of enlistment released at the local recruiting branch. Applicants will be accepted at all stations and sent to depots. Men over forty may enlist with infantry pay. Dependency not a bar. Regular army rules apply. Ages 21 to 60 may be accepted if physically fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Guards
Enlisted and Officers Dance Planned at Country Club
Preparations are underway for an enlisted men's dance at the Country Club Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to 6:50. Officers hold a grand weekly dance Saturday night from 8:50 to 11:30, promising a popular event.
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Country Club
Stockade Commander Relieved To Head Division Prison Stockade
Captain N. Smith of the infantry guard has been relieved from duty with the 57th Brigade and assigned to command the division prison stockade. Vice Captain Thomas Hartley is relieved from the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockade
N. ©. Smith
Patronel Guard
57Th
Thomas BE. Hartley
Governors Wire Xmas Greetings to Camp McClellan Officers
Governors Water Evans Edge New Jersey Harrington of Maryland Stuart of Virginia and Townsend Jr of Delaware wired Christmas greetings to Camp McClellan officers and men. Messages are reproduced in this week’s Camp McClellan publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Evans Edge
New Jersey
Emerson Harrington
Maryland
Stuart
Virginia
John G. Townsend, Jr
Delaware
Camp McClellan
Tread
Camp
Parley enters army from Anniston banker to sergeant
John G. Farley Jr. formerly popular Annistonian and assistant cashier at Traders National Bank in Birmingham has joined the national army. He travels to Jacksonville Florida to begin duties with the rank of sergeant in the quartermaster corps. Anniston friends predict rapid promotion. He previously served several terms on the Anniston City Council and is brother in law to Mrs Jack Goodwin of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parley
John G. Farley, Jr
Annistonian
Traders National Bank
Birmingham
National Army
Jacksonville
Fla
Farley
Quartermaster Corps
Anniston
Annieton City Coucil
Jack Goodwin
Enlisted personnel transferred to Camp Kelly Texas
By division orders several enlisted men are reassigned to Camp Kelly in San Antonio Texas. Spotlighted are Privates Rodney C. Smith and Roy Smith, Corporals Charles P. Bell and Edward Smith, all from Company B 1120 Machine Gun Battalion, Q M C at remount station No 309 and Battery EB 110th Field Artillery respectively.
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Texas
Camp Kelly
San Antonio
Tex
Prigeant Rodney C. Smith
Charles P. Bell
1120
Roy Smith
Q. M.C
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Buffalo Rock
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Jerusalem
Fou
Holy
Mosque of
Omar
Dome of the Rock
Mount Moriah
104Th Engineers
Carlton English
Enlisted
Orvis L. Gonzales
Ordnance
F. White
Charles M. Williamson
111Th
F. A
Beryl Simpson
Richard N. House
Claus
Thomas FE. Agner
William P. Dotaon
Lewis Butter
Homer J. Amos
Board OF Officers
W. B. Littrell
Sobmetine
Mineola
Sheridan
Executive
Noble Theater
America
New York
Chicago
Boston
PIG Scenes Company OF & A Love Storr
Anniston Evening Star
Caference
Alwaye
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Poate Wilmer
Avenues
Toireetors Commissio
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